Despite the fact that a majority of the American voting public opposes the privatizers, they are undeterred. To stop public opposition they've decided to stop public participation. Rather than try to change our minds, the privatizers simply opt to suppress our votes.

The run-up to an election is a trying time for friendships, especially for LGBT people who feel personally attacked when their friends vote for anti-equality candidates. Some of us find ourselves saying "please defriend me." This open letter to a friend tries to find another way.

There's a stark difference between these two candidates on LGBT rights, more than between any presidential candidates in history. On this issue, silence is golden only for Romney, as he tries to present himself as a moderate and win the election.

Will a representative of the hyper-rich who is interested in serving the public as president but who does not believe in serving 47 percent of the population, or in the need to make public his tax returns, bring about a perfect storm of male-centric, class-centric, and ethnocentric hegemony?

Ryan has said that he thinks Social Security is a "collectivist system," "a welfare transfer system," and that privatization would be a victory against these collectivist forces in Washington. When he does stand against benefit cuts and tax increases, it is in order to justify privatization of the system.

The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) released the ninth installment of its weekly Horse Race poll, which found that President Obama's campaign bested Gov. Romney's campaign for the fourth week in a row.

Mitt Romney must try to convince Americans that he feels their pain and cares about the middle class and "working families," an American euphemism for the working class and the poor. But it's probably too late.